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The Borough of Torbay (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/1626 · Made 15 September 1987

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 15th September 1987

Coming into force 15th October 1987

Whereas in pursuance of a resolution of 30th September 1986 the Council of the Borough of Torbay have, under section 7(4) (a) of the Local Government Act 1972f1, requested me to provide for a system of whole council elections to the Council:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred upon me by sections 7(6) and 67 of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 70.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature

1

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Torbay (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987 and shall come into force one month after the day on which it is made.

2

(1)

The ordinary elections of councillors for all the wards of the Borough of Torbay shall take place simultaneously in 1991 and every fourth year thereafter.

(2)

All the councillors of that Borough shall retire together in 1991 on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

15th September 1987